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I don't really know how to write this one as I am not really one of those who report on books.

Just wanna say to y'all who didn't read the book you should really go get it. It tells the story of a very dark world, where each uniqueness of our world is exaggerated and shaded, where all is inspected, monitored and controlled by a central authority. a centralized world, where nothing is beautiful but one thing - the common truth. How does living in a world like this feels? How far fetched is this world from ours? What is the nature of truth, and freedom?

These are my thoughts. hope that's working for you.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's really quite a terrible book, by quite a terrible man. Yet there are many reasons why it is so highly regarded in our culture, primarily pertaining to its propaganda value.

https://redsails.org/asimov-on-1984/

https://redsails.org/on-orwell/

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Thank you for sharing these links, this is some very interesting context to Orwell and his writing. It seems I read 1984 quite naively, though some things did seem off even then.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think you mean "because every collective world government treated it as a how-to guide"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

No, I meant what I wrote. I'm not entirely sure what you mean with "collective world government."